Julia Skripal’s second statement: refusal of the services of the Russian Embassy and unwillingness to see her sister

The daughter of the Russian intelligence service defector Sergei Skripal, Yulia, refused to accept the Russian embassy’s offer of help, and besides, she did not want to see her cousin Victoria yet.

Photo: Facebook / Yulia Skripal

This is stated in statement of the woman who was distributed on her behalf by the London police, the text of the document was translated Rain.

“I have the opportunity to take the help of specially trained employees who take care of me and explain to me the investigative actions that are being carried out. I have access to friends and relatives, and they gave me contacts of specific people in the Russian embassy, ​​who were so kind that they offered me any help they could point out. So far I don’t want to use their services, but if later I change my mind, I know how to contact them, ”Skripal said in a statement.

According to her, the most important thing now is that she is safe and feeling better. While it is difficult for her to give a full-fledged interview to journalists for health reasons, she hopes that one day she will be able to do it.

“Until that moment, I want to emphasize, I don’t want anybody but us ourselves to make statements for me or for my father. I thank my cousin Victoria for taking care of us, but I ask her not to visit me and not to try to get in touch with me so far. Her opinions and statements are not mine, and they cannot represent my father’s opinion, ”Skripal stressed.

Yulia noted that she already misses the doctors and medical staff of the hospital in Salisbury, who were very kind to her. According to her, her father is still seriously ill, and she herself is still experiencing the effects of the nerve gas that was used against them.

She admitted that life around her had completely changed and she was trying to get used to her and to new perspectives.

Recall, the former GRU officer Sergey Skripal and his daughter Julia were found unconscious on a bench in Salisbury on March 4. They were taken to hospital in critical condition. The police found that they were poisoned nerve agent. About 20 people were poisoned, including the policeman who first visited the scene and the house of Skripal. On the fact of poisoning a case of attempted murder.

In Russia, Skripal was convicted in 2006 for spying for British intelligence. In 2010, he was exchanged for Russian intelligence agents uncovered in the United States.

After investigating, Britain came to the conclusion that the nerve agent of the new generation of the group called “Rookie” was used for poisoning. Since no country other than Russia had access to this substance, London declared that Russia was most likely responsible for the attempt.

Since then, 17 countries, including the UK and the USA, have decided expelling 129 Russian diplomats.

5 April London Police published the first statement by Julia Skripal. In it, she thanked the people who found her with her father in Salisbury and came to their aid, as well as the staff of the hospital where she is located. The woman did not provide any details about her condition or her father’s condition.

“I came to my senses more than a week ago and am glad to report that every day I gain strength. I am grateful for the interest in my fate and for the many words of support I received, ”the statement reads.

7 April it became known that Sergey Skripal also came out of a critical state and spoke.

9 April Julia was discharged from the hospital, and British police said that Skripale poisoning occurred in the house of ex-scouttherefore, the building is likely to be demolished.

Sergey Nick's Victoria niece earlier curledthat does not consider it a good idea to move Skripale to the USA under new names to protect them, since “Sergey never wanted to live there and the family would never be safe there”.

She also stated her desire to visit Yulia in Britain, but she was denied a British visa, after which the woman filed a second application.

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